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Q: Removing last few lines in a console? I'm coding a sort of terminal-styled application in C# and I've decided to go with a Console Application, I'll explain my issue and then how I want to fix it.
It's really hard to explain the issue in writing, and as they say, a picture paints a thousand words. So I've opted for showing you an image of my console application instead of explaining it, although I have tried to explain it in words below.

Okay, now for explaining it writing,
My console application has a structure similar to this:
admin@lawna $ some command

{}: some response

admin@lawna $ some command

{}: some response

admin@lawna $ some command

{}: some response

Each command I type, I expect a response from. Now, this isue is, I want to be able to tell them things without them just typing a command, I thought of a "notifications" command and it would show all the recent logging messages, but come on.. who wants to do that? Even I know that would be a terrible idea, and the end-user would hate it.
I need to be able to post logging messages, but if I post one I've still got that horrible "admin@lawna $ " message that just looks bad because I haven't even typed anything, is there a way to call a method that removes the last 2 lines, and then appends a response onto the one from the last command?
Even better, put a line after the last response, then put the logging message. I have got a method to print the "admin@lawna $ " message already, shown below.
public static void PrintDefault(bool afterClean)
{
    if (afterClean)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("  Name: " + Program.Server.ServerName);
        Console.WriteLine("  Author: " + Program.Server.ServerAuthor);
        Console.WriteLine("  Version: version " + Program.Server.ServerVersion);
        Console.WriteLine();
    }

    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
    Console.Write("  " + Environment.UserName.ToLower() + "@lawna ");
    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
    Console.Write("$ ");
    Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White;
}

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Home / Games & Hobbies / Numismatics / The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927–1947
The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927–1947
The Coins and Banknotes of Palestine Under the British Mandate, 1927–1947 quantity
SKU: 9780786424450 Categories: Business, Games & Hobbies, History, Numismatics, Social Sciences, World
From 1923 until May 1948, Palestine was under a British Mandate. Beginning in 1927, on the Eve of the tenth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Palestine began producing its own money. The coins and banknotes that were legal tender during these two decades are especially interesting both to collectors and historians. A brief history of Palestine up to 1948 and information on the Palestine Currency Board provide background information. Complete numismatic information is then presented for each coin and banknote. Also covered are the mysterious 1927 Holyland Token, counterfeit issues, and vignettes of the religious sites featured on banknotes. Appendices present the text of the British Mandate for Palestine, catalog numbering systems for Palestine coins and banknotes, and a checklist for collectors. (The text does not introduce a new numbering system.) Color and black and white illustrations bring these beautiful pieces of currency, many now rarities, to life.
Retired college professor and inventor Howard M. Berlin lives in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds three United States patents for his inventions and is the author of over 30 books on diverse subjects, including cinema and numismatics. He has been collecting coins and banknotes of the Palestine Mandate for over two decades, has exhibited his collection widely, winning numerous awards. He is a member of the Numismatic Literary Guild.
Howard M. Berlin
Bibliographic Info: 88 photos (26 in color), maps, tables, references, appendices, notes, index
1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF PALESTINE UP TO 1948 3
What Is Palestine? 3
Palestine Prior to 1918 5
The Balfour Declaration 6
The British Occupation and Mandate 7
The Final Partition of Palestine 12
2. THE PALESTINE CURRENCY BOARD 15
The Palestine Currency Order of 1927 15
The Formation and Operation of the Palestine Currency Board 18
Numismatic Changes During World War II 22
The Mandate's Final Years 24
Chronology Table 26
3. COINAGE 31
Arabic Numbers and Dating 33
1 Mil 34
2 Mils 35
10 Mils 38
100 Mils 43
1947 Dated Coins 44
Proof Coins and Sets 45
4. THE 1927 HOLYLAND TOKEN 49
Origins 49
Coin or Token? 50
5. BANK NOTES 55
Dates of Issue and Signatures 56
Watermark 59
Five Hundred Mils 59
One Palestine Pound 62
Five Palestine Pounds 64
Ten Palestine Pounds 66
Fifty Palestine Pounds 68
One Hundred Palestine Pounds 71
Cancellation of Regular Issued Bank Notes 76
Specimen Bank Notes 77
Between pages 84 and 85 are eight color plates containing 26 photographs
6. VIGNETTES ON THE BANK NOTES OF THE PALESTINE CURRENCY BOARD 85
Rachel's Tomb 85
The Dome of the Rock 88
The Tower of Ramlah 96
The Citadel and Tower of David 98
7. COUNTERFEIT COINS AND BANK NOTES 101
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Executives of vaccine developer Moderna cash in, cut corners
By Benjamin Mateus
Last week, Moderna's stocks skyrocketed 30 percent after the media touted the company's announcement that eight participants in its coronavirus vaccine trial had elicited neutralizing antibodies after receiving the mRNA vaccine as a cure for the pandemic. The Dow shot up over 900 points in the resulting stock market frenzy, and Moderna's stock rose to a peak of $87 per share before it settled at above $80 on closing. The company's value swelled to $29 billion despite not having had any products in the markets to date.
Over the weekend, CNN Business reported that Moderna's chief financial officer, Lorence Kim, "exercised 241,000 options for $3 million on Monday. He then immediately sold them for $19.8 million, creating a profit of $16.8 million." In a similar maneuver, Moderna's chief medical officer, Tal Zaks, spent $1.5 million on options, then immediately sold the shares back for $9.77 million, netting a profit of $8.2 million.
Moderna's Norwood plant
These payoffs are dwarfed, however, by the killing made by CEO Stéphane Bancel, who had already become a billionaire in March, while the global economy was facing an implosion, based on the valuation of his nine percent stake in the publicly-traded company.
Notwithstanding the parasitic and avaricious behavior of these senior executives, these maneuvers do not appear to raise any legal red flags. In actuality, these actions are considered typical. Charles Whitehead, professor at Cornell Law School, said, "On its face, there is nothing wrong with these trades. It's what a 10b5-1 plan is intended for, assuming the requirements are met." The plan, created under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, allows major holders to sell a predetermined number of shares at a predetermined time. Corporate executives use this plan to avoid accusations of insider trading.
The CNN report confirms that the release of the "premature data" was designed and intended to raise the share price of Moderna's stock so that executives could cash in during the period of euphoria. Since Moderna was first established in 2010, the business model of this biotech firm has been based on speculation and promises that it will produce a vaccine for a number of viruses—Zika, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza, to name a few. Moderna has yet to deliver on any of its grandiose claims.
The claims in relation to COVID-19, while couched in technical and business jargon, were equally sweeping.
"These interim Phase 1 data, while early, demonstrate that vaccination with mRNA-1273 elicits an immune response of the magnitude caused by natural infection starting with a dose as low as 25 [micrograms (mcg)]," said Tal Zaks, multi-millionaire Chief Medical Officer at Moderna. "When combined with the success in preventing viral replication in the lungs of a pre-clinical challenge model at a dose that elicited similar levels of neutralizing antibodies, these data substantiate our belief that mRNA-1273 has the potential to prevent COVID-19 disease and advance our ability to select a dose for pivotal trials."
"With today's positive interim Phase 1 data and the positive data in the mouse challenge model, the Moderna team continues to focus on moving as fast as safely possible to start our pivotal Phase 3 study in July and, if successful, file a BLA," said CEO Bancel, referring to a Biologics License Application. "We are investing to scale up manufacturing so we can maximize the number of doses we can produce to help protect as many people as we can from SARS-CoV-2."
The real goal, however, is not to "help protect as many people as we can," but rather to make as much money as possible, as fast as possible, regardless of the consequences for test subjects, future patients, or the world as a whole.
Bancel's claim of a summer start contradicts the fall 2020 start noted in the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) contract with Moderna. BARDA is a division of the US Department of Health and Humans Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.
And not more than 36 hours had passed before the initial euphoria had subsided, and more sober analysts began to pick through the sparse press release data provided to the media. Moderna's stocks began a downward slide to close at $67 a share.
Moderna's vaccine trial claim
On Monday, May 18, Moderna announced, "After two doses, all participants evaluated to date across the 25-mcg and 100-mcg dose cohorts seroconverted with binding antibody levels at or above levels seen in convalescent sera. mRNA-1273 elicited neutralizing antibody titer levels in all eight initial participants across the 25-mcg and 100 mcg dose cohorts, reaching or exceeding neutralizing antibody titers generally seen in convalescent sera." They then prefaced these remarks with "mRNA provided full protection against viral replication in the lungs in a mouse challenge model" to cover for the lack of any real clinical relevance to their press release.
The next day, STAT News wrote, "the NIAID [National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases] did not put out a press release Monday and declined to provide comment on Moderna's announcement … the report of neutralizing antibodies in subjects who were vaccinated comes from blood drawn two weeks after they received their second dose of vaccine. Two weeks, 'that's very early. We don't know if those antibodies are durable,' said Anna Durbin, a vaccine researcher at Johns Hopkins University." STAT also questioned the statement that levels of antibodies seen were at or above the levels of the sera of recovered patients. They wrote, "among 175 recovered COVID-19 patients studied, 10 had no detectable neutralizing antibodies."
Since April, Moderna has made several amendments to its vaccine trials. They have added older age groups to their phase 1 trial. Another change included 50-mcg dosing. The phase 2 trial will also include a 50-mcg as well as 100-mcg dose levels to select a dose for the phase 3 trial. Animal experiments are now being conducted in parallel when they had initially been considered unnecessary.
The mRNA-1273 is a novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-encapsulated vaccine that encodes for a perfusion stabilized form of the viral Spike protein. The target was selected by investigators from the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the NIAID. On May 6, the FDA reviewed and approved Moderna's Investigational New Drug application (submitted on April 27), allowing it to proceed to a phase 2 study. On May 12, the vaccine was given a Fast Track designation.
FDA clears Moderna Phase II trial for COVID-19
The company's Phase 2 trial is scheduled to start in June. It is ostensibly designed to assess the safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of two doses of mRNA-1273 given four weeks apart. The three trial groups will include a set of patients taking a placebo, a set taking 50 mcg of the vaccine, and a group taking 100-mcg of the vaccine, pending finalization of the phase 1 trial. The intent of this phase 2 is to enroll 600 participants, 300 in the 18 to 55 age category, and 300 in the over 55 age category .
On April 16, BARDA provided Moderna with $483 million in funds to accelerate the development of the company's mRNA Vaccine in support of late-stage clinical development programs to see it quickly to FDA licensure.
"We are thankful for BARDA's support to fund the accelerated development of mRNA-1273, our vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2," said Moderna CEO Bancel. "Time is of the essence to provide a vaccine against this pandemic virus. By investing now in our manufacturing process scale-up to enable large scale production for pandemic response, we believe that we would be able to supply millions of doses per month in 2020 and with further investments, tens of millions per month in 2021, if the vaccine candidate is successful in the clinic."
mRNA Vaccine Diagram and Mechanism: 1) the genetic sequence is formulated and encapsulated in a lipid nanoparticle. 2&3) The vaccine particle is taken up by the cell and the mRNA strand is released into the cytosol. 4) The ribosomes translate the mRNA strand into the protein of interest. 5) Replicase enzymes are also produced to assist in self-amplifying the mRNA. 6) The self-amplified mRNA constructs then produce more protein of interest. 7) The proteins undergo post-translation modification and are secreted as membrane proteins. 8) The innate and adaptive immune responses detect the protein of interest.
At the beginning of May, Moderna signed a 10-year manufacturing agreement with the Lonza Group to initially build vaccine production suites at their facilities in the US and Switzerland, expanding later to Lonza's worldwide facilities. The Lonza Group is a Swiss multinational, chemicals, and biotechnology company, headquartered in Basel. According to Genetic Engineering& Biotechnology News, the scale of the production is the produce 1 billion doses of mRNA-1273 each year at an expected dose of 50-mcg.
Bancel said, "This long-term strategic collaboration agreement will enable Moderna to accelerate, by 10-times, our manufacturing capacity for mRNA-1273 and additional products in Moderna's large clinical portfolio. Lonza's global presence and expertise are critical as we scale at unprecedented speed."
Before even the initial data was available on the participants of the phase 1 aspect of their trial, Moderna and Lonza had announced that technology transfer would begin in June with the first batch of vaccines produced at Lonza's US site in July before their phase 2 trial could be completed.
A "Shark Tank" approach to vaccine selection
According to a CNN exposé, three weeks before the US had proceeded into lockdowns, on March 2, President Trump was auditioning vaccine developers who were asked to pitch their product as a viable "cure" to battling the pandemic. John Shiver of Sanofi Pasteur vaccines proposed a vaccine that would take several years to bring for public use. Next, Lenny Schleifer, CEO of Regeneron, offered his semi-confident pitch, "clinical trials in the summer and producing 200,000 doses per month starting in August." Trump then jumped in and said, "So, the process would be faster than John's?" Trump's main concern was with speed (with an eye to both the stock market and the presidential election) and not efficacy or scientific rationale.
In January 2020, once it was discovered that the infection in Wuhan was caused by a novel coronavirus, Bancel quickly emailed Dr. Barney Graham, deputy director of the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, asking him to send the genetic sequence for the virus. On February 24, in 42 days, Moderna had produced a batch of vaccine and sent it to the NIH. Discussions at the time projected a 12-to-18-month window to determine if this new vaccine was safe and effective. Moderna added that they could have a vaccine ready for emergency use by the fall of 2020.
So, when Bancel's turn came up to sell his vaccine, with Dr. Fauci present at the briefing, he said, "I'm very proud to be working with the US government and to have already sent, in only 42 days from the sequence of the virus, our vaccine to Dr. Fauci's team at the NIH." He omitted the few months to phase 2 trials or a 12-to-18-month timeline that had been discussed the week prior. It was a sufficient omission to hook the president. Fauci interjected, "You won't have a vaccine. You'll have a vaccine to go into testing." But the deal was already made.
The federally funded trial was rapidly rubber-stamped through regulatory agencies, and human trials commenced on March 16. Unsettlingly, the regulatory agencies skipped the traditional but necessary animal trials, a critical path in testing the efficacy of the virus before injecting it into human subjects. Akiko Iwasaki, a microbiologist at Yale University, told STAT News, "This is very unusual. It reflects the urgency to develop vaccines to counter COVID-19 pandemic."
Mark Feinberg, president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, said, "When you hear predictions about it taking at best a year or a year and a half to have a vaccine available … there's no way to come close to those timelines unless we take new approaches. I personally think that's not only appropriate; I think that's the only option we have."
This is entirely false. Skipping animal trials and other corner-cutting to speed development of a vaccine that may be given to the entire human race is not being driven by health concerns. In that event, a crash program to develop vaccines would be combined with a continuing and long-term lockdown to save as many lives as possible.
Instead, the vaccine development—now at "warp speed" according to Trump—is being combined with a general reopening of the economy and relaxation of measures like social distancing, which mean that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, will die before any vaccine can possibly be developed, no matter how intensive the effort.
There are two concerns driving the vaccine development. On the part of Moderna and other biotech companies, it is sheer greed. Whichever company gets its vaccine to the market first will reap monopoly profits. On the part of the Trump administration and other capitalist governments around the world, there is an additional factor: gaining a geopolitical advantage over their rivals by being first to develop a vaccine, and perhaps even withholding the vaccine as part of efforts to assert American dominance.
These reactionary considerations are the real motive for efforts to bypass safety regulations that would potentially cause harm to the population. According to Jonathan Kimmelman, director of McGill University's biomedical ethics unit, "Outbreaks and national emergencies often create pressure to suspend rights, standards and, or, normal rules of ethical conduct. Often our decision to do so seems unwise in retrospect."


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1. Hannah Hunt was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut (daughter of Ebenezer Hunt and Hannah Clark).
Hannah married Saxton Bayley on 24 Jun 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Saxton (son of Isaac Bayley and Mercy Saxton) was born on 11 Oct 1710 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut; died on 21 Mar 1743 in Columbia, Tolland, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Hannah Bayley was born on 30 Aug 1732.
2. Ebenezer Hunt was born in Feb 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (son of Deacon Jonathan Hunt and Clemence Hosmer); died on 23 Feb 1743 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
Other Events:
Alternate birth: 5 Feb 1675, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Ebenezer married Hannah Clark on 27 May 1698 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Clark and Hannah Strong) was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hannah Clark was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts (daughter of William Clark and Hannah Strong); died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
1. Hannah Hunt was born on 12 Oct 1699 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
4. Deacon Jonathan Hunt was born about 1637 (son of Thomas Hunt and Margaret Webster); died on 29 Sep 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Deacon married Clemence Hosmer on 3 Sep 1662 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Clemence (daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances) was born about 1642; died about 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Clemence Hosmer was born about 1642 (daughter of Thomas Hosmer and Frances); died about 1698.
"Clemence was admitted to the First Church, Milford, 13 Oct. 1695, from the church in Northampton; her gravestone, or the reading of it, must therefore be in error in the statement that she died 20 Sept. 1695; perhaps the year should be 1698." [Jacobus, citation details below.]
2. Ebenezer Hunt was born in Feb 1676 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1743 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
6. William Clark
William married Hannah Strong on 15 Jul 1680 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Strong and Abigail Ford) was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Hannah Strong was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (daughter of John Strong and Abigail Ford).
3. Hannah Clark was born on 5 May 1682 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jun 1758 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
8. Thomas Hunt was born about 1604 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England (son of Thomas Hunt); died before 3 Aug 1642; was buried on 3 Aug 1642 in St. Nicholas, Leicester, Leicestershire, England.
Thomas married Margaret Webster on 5 Jun 1632 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. Margaret (daughter of John Webster, Governor of Connecticut and Agnes Smith) was born before 21 Feb 1612; died before 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Margaret Webster was born before 21 Feb 1612 (daughter of John Webster, Governor of Connecticut and Agnes Smith); died before 1662.
Baptised: 21 Feb 1612
Alternate death: Jun 1656, Leicester, Leicestershire, England
4. Deacon Jonathan Hunt was born about 1637; died on 29 Sep 1691 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
10. Thomas Hosmer was born before 2 Jan 1603 (son of Stephen Hosmer and Dorothy Selden); died on 12 Apr 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Baptised: 2 Jan 1603, Hawkhurst, Kent, England
Emigrated to New England in 1633; first at Cambridge. At Hartford by 6 Jun 1637. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford. He removed to Farmington at an undetermined time; he appears on a list of freemen there on 12 Oct 1669. He later returned to Hartford. He died in Northampton, possibly while visiting the family of his eldest daughter Clemence.
Thomas married Frances before 1636. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Frances
"She is said to have died on 15 February 1675." [Robert Charles Anderson, citation details below.]
5. Clemence Hosmer was born about 1642; died about 1698.
14. John Strong was born before 1606 in Chard, Somerset, England (son of John Strong); died before 14 Apr 1699 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Alternate birth: Abt 1609, Chard, Somerset, England
Alternate death: 14 Apr 1699, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Emigrated 1635 on the Hopewell. First at Hingham, then Taunton 1638, Windsor 1647, Northampton 1661.
From the Wikipedia article about John Strong:
John Strong (1610-1699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. Often referred to as Elder John Strong to help tell him apart from his son, John Strong Jr., also present in New England in this same period.
John Strong was born in England in about 1610 in Chard, Somerset, England and emigrated to Massachusetts with his pregnant wife and a one year old child in 1635 aboard the sailing ship Hopewell. During the 70-day sea voyage, his wife, Marjory Deane (md. 1632) had a baby while they were still at sea. She and their infant child died within two months of their arrival. With a one year old son to take care of, John Strong Jr., in December of 1635 John Sr. married sixteen year old Mary & John (1630) passenger Abigail Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde. They settled originally in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 1635. In 1638 he was made a "Freeman" (eligible to vote in town and colony elections and serve in the church), and went to Taunton, Massachusetts. While in Taunton, Strong represented the town in the General Court of Plymouth Colony for four years, from 1641 to 1644.
He later moved to Windsor, Connecticut, on the Connecticut River where he was a leading figure in the new Connecticut colony. In 1659 he moved 40 miles further up the river to the Connecticut River town of Northampton, Massachusetts--then a frontier town surrounded by Indians about 100 miles (160 km) inland from Boston. One of the early settlers of the town, he operated a tannery for many years, helped defend the town against Indian attacks during King Philip's War (1675-1676) and also played an important role in town and church affairs.
In 1661, John Strong was one of the eight men who founded the First Church of Northampton. Of their number, Eleazer Mather, the older brother of Boston minister Increase Mather, was chosen as the first pastor. Two years later, 1663, Strong was ordained an elder of the church. The Puritan pastor Mather died in 1669, and Strong was tasked with finding a suitable minister to replace him. The following year, he and several other church leaders extended a call to Solomon Stoddard, who formally accepted in 1672, and was ordained by John Strong. Stoddard served as pastor for many years, until his death in 1729, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, whose subsequent ministry in Northampton would play a major role in the Great Awakening.
John Strong died on April 14, 1699, at Northampton and is buried at the Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.
John Strong (1610-1699) = Abigail Ford (1619-1688)
Ebenezer Strong (1643-1729) = Hannah Clapp (b. 1646)
Ebenezer Strong (1671-1729) = Mary Holton (1680-1705)
Mary Strong (1701-~1770) = Benjamin Sheldon (1697-1773)
Mary Sheldon (1731-1805) = Joseph Lyman, Jr. (1731-1804)
Joseph Lyman III (1767-1847) = Anne Jean Robbins (1789-1867)
Catherine Robbins Lyman (1825-1896) = Warren Delano, Jr. (1809-1898)
Sara Delano (1854-1941) = James Roosevelt (1828-1900)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
Thomas Strong (1637-1689) = Rachel Holton (1650-?)
Joseph Strong (1672-1763) = Sarah Allen (1672-1724)
Joseph Strong (1701-1773) = Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792)
Benejah Strong (1740-1809) = Lucy Bishop (1747-1783)
Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
Frances Eleanor Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )
Jedediah Strong (1637-1733) = Freedom Woodward (1642-1681)
Preserved Strong (1680-1765) = Tabitha Lee (~1677-1750)
Elizabeth Strong (1704-1792) Joseph Strong (1701-1773)
John married Abigail Ford before 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard) was born before 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England; died on 6 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Abigail Ford was born before 8 Oct 1619 in Bridport, Dorset, England (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard); died on 6 Jul 1688 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Baptised: 8 Oct 1619, Bridport, Dorset, England
Thomas Strong was born in 1637 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 3 Oct 1689 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Jedediah Strong was born on 7 May 1637 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 22 May 1733 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut.
Abigail Strong was born about 1645 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts; died on 15 Apr 1704 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Strong was born on 24 Feb 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 11 May 1736 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Mary Strong was born on 26 Oct 1654 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 8 Dec 1738 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; was buried in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
7. Hannah Strong was born on 30 May 1659 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.


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New sub-variant of Omicron is growing at almost 10 per cent a day - Dr Tony Holohan
Northern Ireland registers BA.2 as dominant variant already
New research suggests BA.2 may cause more severe disease and is more effective in evading some of the existing protections against Covid-19. Photograph: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg
Paul Cullen Health Editor
Fri Feb 18 2022 - 19:02
Forty per cent of new Covid-19 cases here are believed to involve a more transmissible and possibly more severe sub-variant of Omicron, according to chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan.
The BA.2 sub-lineage of Omicron, which is growing at almost 10 per cent a day, is expected to become dominant in the Republic by the end of the month, he said in his latest letter to Government.
It is already dominant in Northern Ireland, according to data published this week by UK public health authorities.
New research suggests BA.2 may cause more severe disease and is more effective in evading some of the existing protections against Covid-19.
The study from Japan, which has not been peer reviewed, found it may be as capable of causing serious illness as previous variants, such as Delta.
As well as evading vaccine immunity, it is resistant to some treatments, such as the monoclonal antibody sotrovimab, according to the lab study.
BA.2 cannot be identified without genomic sequencing of cases, but its growth can be estimated by the declining percentage of current infections that are S-gene target negative in a PCR test. The Omicron variant is S-gene target negative in tests, but the proportion of such results has declined from almost 100 per cent to 60 per cent in recent weeks as BA.2 has advanced.
Some experts have called for BA.2, which is up to 50 per cent more contagious than Omicron, to be designated as a separate variant of concern.
In his letter, Dr Holohan warns that the pandemic is not over, that levels of infection remain high and that a cohort of the population remain vulnerable to the emergence of new variants with increased transmissibility, immune escape and/or virulence.
Paul Cullen
Paul Cullen is Health Editor of The Irish Times
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A to Z of Innovations at Expos: Washing machine
Most modern products are the result of years of continuous innovations. The washing machine is one such product. For years, innovators have been looking into this household chore to save time, energy and water. One of these innovators, Richard Lansdale, took the opportunity to showcase his creation – the Compound Rotary Washing Machine – at World Expo 1862 in London.
Lansdale's device was one of the world's first patented mechanical washing machines, gathering praise at the Expo for its compound action and ease of use. The clothes and water were placed in a 30-gallon (114-litre) barrel set on four centres, allowing for a double rotation when the handle was turned. This technique – which required almost no technical prowess - resulted in an efficient wash by fully agitating the laundry. Additionally, the machine included rollers to wring the clothes dry after washing.
Offering a significant improvement on existing methods to clothes washing, Lansdale's washing machine was one of several models developed in the 19th century. At other Expos, other models made also their debuts. Expo 1876 Philadelphia, 14 years later, saw another version – the Triumph Rotary Washer by Margaret Colvin, that she patented, and whose model would later be manufactured by her husband. But it was not until the 20th century, with the invention of electrical machines, that doing the laundry became more autonomous, and slightly less laborious.
Expo Innovations Expo 1862 London
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is the intergovernmental organisation in charge of overseeing and regulating World Expos, Specialised Expos, Horticultural Expos and the Triennale di Milano.


Prof. Dr. Adam Antebi's research group focuses on how evolutionarily conserved signal transduction pathways, hormonal mechanisms, and metabolism impact development and longevity in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Such new insights into mechanisms that regulate lifespan may lead to innovative approaches to improve human health into old age.
Our research: Prof. Adam Antebi and his research team focus on the effects of the endocrine system and metabolism on development and life span. Using the nematode C. elegans as a model organism, they unravel the molecular mechanisms of how dietary restriction extends health and life span. They also investigate how hormonal signals from the reproductive system alter animal development and longevity. Finally they explore how metabolism and quality control mechanisms impact maintenance of cellular organelles and organismal survival. From a molecular perspective they examine the influence of steroids, insulins and micro-RNAs on animal longevity. Additionally they explore how activation of the hexosamine pathway and other metabolic pathways stimulate protein quality control, which protects cells within the organism from age-related proteotoxicity and neurodegeneration.
Our successes: Early work from Prof. Antebi's research group demonstrated that a steroid receptor in C. elegans regulates longevity in response to signals from the reproductive system. They further showed that these pathways also affect the organism´s developmental progression through its 4 larval stages, thus having broad spectrum effects on temporal control at all life phases. The signaling and metabolic inputs onto steroid receptor signaling and their downstream outputs are of great future interest. Furthermore, Dr. Antebi and his team discovered a critical link between steroid receptors and the FOXO transcription factor via let-7 microRNAs, revealing important crosstalk between these longevity factors. Most recently Prof. Antebi and his group have shown that activation of hexosamine metabolism and increased cellular concentration of the hexosamine metabolite N-acetylglucosamine enhances protein quality control. This increases lifespan and eliminates damaging protein aggregates that can act as triggers for neurodegenerative diseases.
Our goals: Future research in the Antebi laboratory will continue to have a focus on unraveling hormonal signaling pathways and downstream mechanisms that improve protein quality control, immunity, and metabolism. Moreover, Prof. Antebi and his team of scientists hope to manipulate the hexosamine pathway in order to stimulate protein quality control mechanisms and attenuate neurodegenerative diseases. If this should prove to be the case, their findings might provide a novel therapeutic approach for many neurodegenerative and aging-associated diseases.
Our methods/techniques: Prof. Antebi's laboratory uses genetics combined with biochemical, cell biological, microscopic, and demographic methods to reveal the functions of genes/pathways of their interest and their effects on lifespan. Additionally the scientists employ a systems biology approaches to uncover the global network of changes in the transcriptome and proteome.
Figure 1: BLMP-1 regulates maturational events in various tissues. BLMP-1::GFP levels peak when epidermal stem cells, called seams, fuse together during a terminal differentiation event. DRE-1/FBXO11 is involved in degrading BLMP-1; upon dre-1/FBXO11 depletion, BLMP-1::GFP is elevated earlier in larval development. DIC and BLMP-1::GFP images of young wt L4 larvae.
Figure 2: Wild-type and gfat-1 gain-of-function mutants carrying a marker of ER stress, hsp-4::gfp, were exposed to tunicamycin. Supplementation with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine or presence of the gfat-1 gain-of-function alleles dh468, dh784, and dh785 significantly suppressed hsp-4::gfp induction (green fluorescence) because they neutralize ER stress induced by tunicamycin challenge.
Figure 3: Microscopic picture of Caenorhabditis elegans worm: Blue fluorescence marks the tissues expressing the enzyme GFAT, which is involved in the production of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, a metabolite of the hexosamine pathway that can prevent toxic protein aggregation.


list.  maybe this will necessitate splitting into two channels?
>> perhaps we embed a client into weo somewhere?
>>> #evolt, our IRC channel on Freenode.
>>> give the details to anyone whose interested.
> Now *there's* a smart idea.
> announcing it publically to the[list|chat].


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Scality Strengthens Partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for Software-Defined File and Object Storage
Scality Strengthens Partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Accelerating growth with strategic equity investment, engineering collaboration, and sales programs
SAN FRANCISCO – January 12, 2016
Scality, the leader in software-defined storage for the information age, announced an enhanced partnership between Scality and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) designed to accelerate the adoption of software-defined object and file storage with enterprises and service providers who are struggling to overcome the problems of data storage at massive scale. The enhanced partnership includes a commitment to integrate engineering strategies and deepen go-to-market collaboration with new sales resources, marketing investment, and other business development programs. This builds on the October 2014 announcement where Hewlett Packard began packaging Scality RING software with its Apollo 4000 and ProLiant servers. As part of today's announcement, Hewlett Packard Ventures completed a strategic equity investment in Scality, as an addition to Series D.
"The enterprise storage market is diverging into latency-optimized and capacity-driven segments. As the leader in enterprise and hyperscale servers, and the fastest growing vendor in all-flash storage with HPE 3PAR StoreServ, this Scality partnership gives us a leadership position in capacity-driven storage as well," said Manish Goel, senior vice president and general manager for storage, HPE. "The combination of the Scality RING software, ultra-dense HPE Apollo 4510 and HPE Apollo 4200, along with advisory and support services, provides the best object solution in the market with the flexibility, resiliency, and performance required to drive down the cost of storage at petabyte-scale."
The explosion of sensor data, mobile devices, and cloud-native applications continues to drive rapid growth of unstructured and semi-structured data, shining a spotlight on scalability and performance gaps in legacy NAS solutions. As enterprises and service providers explore ways to tap into the Internet of Things, storage solutions are required which are capable of bridging the gap between traditional file-based applications and new object-access paradigms. These shifts also require a new style of compute infrastructure with traditional rack solutions giving way to ultra-dense compute notes capable of storing more data in less physical space. The unique Scality RING architecture paired with the hyperscale HPE Apollo 4510 and HPE Apollo 4200 provides a future-proof solution for petabyte-scale object applications. At over 5 petabytes in a single rack and 224 TB in just 2U, the HPE Apollo 4000 series is the industry leader in capacity-optimized computing. Through its global capabilities and expansive partner network, HPE enables flexible financing options, robust lifecycle management and advisory services, and world-class support to reduce customer risk as they transition to new technologies.
This strategic investment from HPE commences a busy 2016 for Scality, following a banner 2015. This past year, the company announced general availability of version 5.0 of the RING. In June the company introduced the industry's first software-based storage trial, with a free, online trial of the Scality RING. The company announced the completion of their Series D in August, and since then has revealed an increasing lineup of new customer wins and new partnerships with resellers. In October, the company opened a new R&D center in Paris and claimed the national title of "Start-Up of the Year 2015" for France, during EY's Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2015.
"Understanding how to handle data growth is no longer a worry specific to Storage Administrators, or even CIOs, but should be top-of-mind for every C-Level executive. Emerging application requirements are driving storage and compute closer together, forcing legacy stand-alone storage providers and those without a server footprint to re-examine their strategies," said Jérôme Lecat, CEO of Scality. "HPE has chosen to invest in Scality, the market-leader in software-defined object storage, for those exact reasons. Our stronger relationship with HPE will allow us to continue to improve the RING, to better package it with the industry leading HPE Apollo 4510 and HPE Apollo 4200, and create a one-stop solution for the enterprise."
HPE and Scality at HPE Discover
During the recent HPE Discover event held in London, Manish Goel was joined on stage by Jérôme Lecat to discuss why software-defined object storage is the right storage for the idea economy.


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Convicted road-rager killed in apparent road-rage shooting
PLANT CITY (FOX 13) - A driver with a history of road rage violence was shot and killed this morning in what deputies say was an apparent road rage altercation.
The exchange happened on Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard at Forbes Road in the Plant City area around 6:30 a.m.
Investigators said that two drivers, 40-year-old Gary Durham and 42-year-old Robert Padgett, were involved in a confrontation. According to deputies, Padgett pulled out a gun and fatally shot Durham.
When deputies arrived at the scene, Padgett was performing CPR on Durham, who was lying on the side of the road. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
FOX 13 has learned that Durham had been convicted of manslaughter in the early 2000s in connection with another road rage incident. In that case, Durham punched another driver who fell, suffered a head injury, and died.
WATCH: Man shot in apparent road rage incident convicted in road rage shooting death in early 2000s
The sheriff's office has not said what exactly led up to shots being fired Wednesday morning. They are still reviewing the 911 call from the scene and say Padgett -- whom they described as cooperative -- was released pending review of the case by the State's Attorney's Office.
A sign on the door of Durham's home made it clear that no one there was interested in appearing on camera.
"Shame on you for coming here! No comment," it said. "Go away."


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Join IHS Membership Manager Sarah Sankovitch and historian Jeannie Regan-Dinius of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources as we continue to explore the Underground Railroad in Indiana.
We'll visit Eleutherian College in Lancaster, which was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or gender. Some of the college's first trustees were among the most active participants in the Underground Railroad in and around Lancaster. In Madison, we'll visit the historic Georgetown neighborhood – home to a thriving community of African-Americans during the tumultuous decades leading up to the Civil War.
Presentations will be made throughout the trip. Fees cover transportation via coach, admission fees, lunch and snacks.
Please consider registering early as space is limited to the first 45 participants per tour. The registration fee is $75 for IHS members and $125 for nonmembers (a one-year Individual membership is included). Registrations must be received by Feb. 28. Contact Sarah Sankovitch at (317) 234-2670 or ssankovitch@indianahistory.org. Click here to download the registration form.


No matter what graphic is put with that middle one, it always makes me laugh.
heh, meme is a nonsense bit of theory but one-liners have a long and proud tradition of mocking in the face of laugh or cry disasters in the making.
There are a lot of mediocre pics & gifs out there on this topic; I chose the ones that made me giggle.


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REFTONE Co-Founders Visit with CRAS Students; Participate in CRAS "Women of Audio" Event
Co-Founders & Co-Owners Lisa Chamblee and Dave Hampton Educated CRAS Students Not Only On REFTONE Speakers, but Also Mentored Them by Imparting Advice From Their Years in The Industry
Gilbert, Ariz., Aug. 29, 2019 – Being educated by manufacturers in the studio is great…and bending the ears of industry professionals for sage advice is even better.
Recently, CRAS students were able to do both.
The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu), a leading institution for audio engineering education, was recently visited by REFTONE co-founders and co-owners Lisa Chamblee and Dave Hampton. Not only did the duo share their expertise in studio speaker and reference engineering, but Chamblee also imparted her wisdom during a CRAS "Women of Audio" (WOA) mentoring session to a host of future female audio professionals.
"CRAS recently started a group called CRAS Women of Audio to help support, guide and promote women at CRAS and beyond, and Lisa was able to meet with our female students during their REFTONE visit for some extra mentoring," said Nancy Scharlau-Murman, CRAS Music Production and Recording Instructor. "She spoke personally of her experiences and offered invaluable career guidance, and her vast industry knowledge and honesty clearly resonated with all. The group was excited to have met Lisa and share their audio experiences with her and the others in the group, as well. This was a positive mentoring session that was greatly appreciated by the group and, hopefully, will open new doors for future meetings."
Chamblee said that visiting CRAS was an incredible experience. "The student level of participation and potential is extremely high," she added. "I was impressed by the students, faculty, and campuses. My time spent with the CRAS Women of Audio group talking about engineering, the industry, and the business was very special and inspiring. I'm looking forward to all the future visits!"
Both Chamblee and Hampton are well-accomplished audio engineers and producers in their own right who have worked with artists such as Prince, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Chicago, and Marcus Miller. Hampton is an author who has written two books and is a studio designer having designed many rooms including Paisley Park for Prince. Chamblee has experience as a studio manager as well as studio design, having designed with Dave for RZA, Sinbad, and MIA. They came together to co-found REFTONE in 2012.
"I have visited many schools and am always impressed when I visit CRAS," said Hampton. "[CRAS'] studios reflect the same environments that I work in with many different artists to this day. I also was impressed with [CRAS'] live program as well as the school's Dolby Atmos broadcast truck classroom. It was a pleasure to talk with the new young talented crop of engineers and provide feedback on their music."
David Kohr, CRAS instructor and CRAS Faculty Liaison AES Student Chapter, said that Lisa and Dave were engaged with CRAS students the entire time they were on campus and that the pair were open and welcoming which made them easily approachable. "Our students opened up to them right away. It was one of the most, if not the most, student-involved and engaging events that we've ever done here at CRAS. They listened to student mixes and offered their creative advice and input. Needless to say, there were a line of students with their laptops and phones in hand waiting to share their music to get some feedback."
REFTONE produces passive near-field reference monitors that allow you to hear full range clearly at low volumes, for accuracy and placement. These reference speakers help you be a better judge and know exactly what you're listening to, exposing sonic details that may be hidden on some active monitors. REFTONE are ideal for all stages of audio production, including tracking, mixing, editing, mastering, and post production. REFTONE are designed for all user levels and environments, such as professional and home studios, edit bays, laptop rigs, DJ booths, and mobile recording setups. Engineers, producers, video editors, students, DJs, and broadcast pros all trust REFTONE speakers to make their crucial decisions. A combination of classic audio principles, a proprietary driver and high quality wooden cabinetry make REFTONE the reference speaker your ears can rely on.
"On top of being on campus representing their company and products, Lisa and Dave were also open books with our students when it came to their years of experience and knowledge," added Kirt Hamm, CRAS administrator. "They both did a great job and we can't thank them enough for sharing so much of their time and expertise as well as their great REFTONE products."
The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences is composed of two nearby campuses in Gilbert and Tempe, Ariz. A CRAS education includes Broadcast Audio, Live Sound, Audio Post for Film and TV, Music Production, Commercial Production and Video Game Audio, all taught by award-winning instructors who have excelled in their individual fields. CRAS' structured programs, and highly qualified teaching staff, provide a professional and supportive atmosphere, which is complemented by its small class sizes allowing for individual instruction and assistance for students in engineering audio recordings. CRAS has been providing quality vocational training in Audio Recording for more than three decades. The curriculum and equipment are constantly being updated to keep pace with the rapid advancements in the music and sound recording industries. CRAS' course offerings and subject matter have always centered around the skills and knowledge necessary for students' success in the Audio Recording industries.
The 11-month program is designed to allow every student access to learn and train in all of the Conservatory's studios which are comprised with state-of-the-art audio recording and mixing gear, the same equipment used in today's finest studios and remote broadcast facilities, including Pro Tools 12, API Legacy consoles, SSL G+ and AWS consoles, Studer Vista consoles, and much more. All students must complete a 280-hour industry internship to graduate from the Master Recording Program II that may ultimately lead to industry employment.
For more information on CRAS, please visit www.cras.edu, contact Kirt Hamm, administrator, at 1-800-562-6383, or email to [email protected]
About REFTONE Speakers LLC
REFTONE Speakers was created by Audio Engineers, Dave Hampton and Lisa Chamblee to offer quality reference tools to the audio industry. Their mission is to offer affordable, high-quality audio reference monitoring solutions to the multi-media industry without a compromise on design and quality. REFTONE products give users a detailed, accurate listening experience that translates their audio work clearly.
About The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences
Based in the heart of The Valley of the Sun with two campuses in Gilbert and Tempe, Ariz., The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS) is one of the country's premier institutions for audio education. The Conservatory has developed a unique and highly effective way to help the future audio professional launch their careers in the recording industry and other related professional audio categories.
CRAS Open House For Potential Audio Engineering Students & Their Families Set for Feb. 2
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The first dishwasher was invented in the USA in 1857 by Josephine Cochrane (trust a woman to realise the value of such an invention).
The first dishwasher in Europe was invented by Miele in 1929, but they did not become commercially popular in Britain until the 1950's and only for the wealthy at that time.
Advert which appeared in the Bromley & Kentish Times, 12th July 1940, page 2
Extracts, WW2Advert, Oxydol, Recipes & Home Advice, washing up, WW2
At Least Eleven Enemy Aircraft were Shot Down
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Q: webapi end point is reached, but all parameters are empty I have the following end point :
    [HttpGet("/{auditReviewId}/{actioneeId?}/{entries?}")]
    public IEnumerable<AuditReviewActionDto> GetAuditReviewActions(int auditReviewId, int? actioneeId = null, int? entries = null)

and I call it the following way using HttpClient
var client = LocalHttpClient.CreateClient("UarBase");

var response = client.GetAsync("api/AuditDashboard/GetAuditReviewActions?auditReviewId=" + logId + "&actioneeId=" + SelectedKey + "&entries=" + Limit).Result;

It doesn't matter what I set LogId, SelectedKey or Limit to, when I hit the endpoint they are always empty.

A: By setting the HttpGet with [HttpGet("/{auditReviewId}/{actioneeId?}/{entries?}")], you're specifying your inputs as route parameters, but then you're passing them as query parameters.
If you'd like to pass the parameters via the query, remove them from your route (just use [HttpGet] or just supply the base route), and then tag each of your method inputs with a [FromQuery] attribute to designate they come from query parameters.


After six months of musical abstinence Austria's Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst is back with a striking black and white video for her new power ballad Heroes - the first single she has released since winning the Song Contest earlier this year.
The video, which stars a bearded Wurst wearing a veil and a wedding gown, also features a sinister-looking character who bears a slight resemblance to Russian President Vladimir Putin, among a gang of other tough-looking guys.
It had almost 8,000 likes on Youtube by Friday afternoon and lots of comments on her official Facebook page about whether the song was a veiled critique of Putin - with some not-so-complimentary posts from Russians.
The song has reached number four in the Austrian charts and Wurst has said it's about how "we are all heroes - every day we do small heroic feats and even people who do bad things are not evil deep down".
The Austrian singer - who won Eurovision in May despite a homophobic backlash across Europe - has recently completed a string of high-profile engagements, performing at the European Parliament in Brussels, as part of a non-discrimination event.
In May one Russian MP said that Wurst's victory signified "the end of Europe" and "there are no longer men and women, there is only it."
Wurst is signed to Sony Music Austria, and is currently working on a full-length album.


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The State Enterprise REGITRA started its activities on 7 January 2000 after its registration with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania.
The Enterprise has been incorporated pursuant to the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on State and Municipal Enterprises.
The institution implementing the rights and obligations of the Enterprise owner is the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania.
REGITRA belongs to the State by right of ownership and manages, uses and disposes by trust the assets assigned and acquired by it.
The Enterprise keeps the Register of Vehicles of the Republic of Lithuania and the Register of Vehicle Drivers of the Republic of Lithuania.
The Enterprise provides public services of:
registration of vehicles;
examination of drivers;
issuance of driving licenses.
The Enterprise provides data from registers about the motor vehicle fleet and driving licenses in observance of legal acts regulating the activities of registers. Furthermore, the Enterprise also renders compulsory motor third party liability insurance mediation services.
On 8 June 2009, on order of the Minister of the Interior REGITRA was appointed the national contact centre for exchange of information about registration of motor vehicles in implementing EU Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime.


Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter is braced for another 90 minutes of high octane stuff at Stangmore Park tomorrow.
The Danske Premiership champions may have had to grind out results of late -- winning by the odd goal against Ards, Portadown and Coleraine -- but they at still a whopping seven points clear at the top of the table.
Baxter expects few favours against Rodney McAree's Dungannon Swifts, who are coming off the back of a super 4-1 win at Ballymenat United last weekend.
"Dungannon are will drilled, they are well trained," said Baxter. "They showed only last week that they are a match for any team at a venue where few teams have gained much satisfaction this season.
"So, we know what to expect. We will require another 90 minutes of high tempo, passion and commitment.
"We have had to grind out results of late . . . scoring late goals coupled with our goalkeeper (Sean O'Neill) performing last minute penalty saves. But that's the sign of a good team."
Baxter doffed his cap to the performance of Ards last week when it took a 93rd minute winner by David Cushley to pinch the points for the Crues.
"They were difficult to break down," he added. "Niall (Currie) set up a shape up to frustrate us. They were compact in the middle of the park and we had to work our way around that.
"But I always felt that something would fall for us. That's why we got Cushley on to the pitch."


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In times of crisis, San Diegans come together to alleviate suffering, help those in need and strive to maintain human dignity for all. Please join the KFMB Stations, make a donation or give of your time to those who desperately need our help NOW.
Tragedy struck Texas on Sunday morning, November 5th when a gunman entered the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and opened fire. At least 26 people are dead, including 12 children and several more wounded. While authorities haven't yet determined an official death toll, this massacre is being called the deadliest church shooting in American history. If you'd like to help the Sutherland Springs church shooting victims and their families, please see below.
Blood donations needed, including urgent need for O+, O- blood donations.
Any South Texas Blood and Tissue Center donor room or mobile blood drive throughout South Texas.
Blood banks nationwide urge people to donate to local agencies to build local blood supplies.
The American Red Cross is working alongside partners on the ground to provide shelter, food and comfort for people who have had to leave their homes. 1-800-RED-CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.
Labor Health & Welfare Clinic at 7135 W. Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas, or with United Blood Services at various locations in Nevada.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ Important information issued by the San Diego Blood Bank regarding sending blood donations to Las Vegas. Make an appointment to donate blood or call 1-800-4MY-SDBB (1-800-469-7322).
To make a monetary donation, Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisolak has started a GoFundMe campaign for the victims of Sunday night's shooting.
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Hip dysplasia is the most common cause of rear leg lameness in dogs. The highest incidence occurs in large-breed dogs, including Saint Bernards, Newfoundlands, Rottweilers, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Golden Retrievers, German Shepherd Dogs and many others.
Smaller breeds are also affected, but are less likely to show symptoms. According to statistics compiled by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals, the risk of hip dysplasia in many of the large-breed dogs presented to them for certification over the last 25 years ranged from 20 to 40 percent.
Information on breed risk is available through the OFA and PennHip. In breeds where hip dysplasia is a particular problem, prospective puppy buyers are advised to check pedigrees for OFA, PennHip or GDC certifications, particularly for sires and dams. Dogs, and domesticated animals in general, tend to have more genetic disorders than wild animals. This has to do with the mode of inheritance of diseased genes, which may be a bit complicated to understand unless you have studied genetics, or a medical professional with a doctorate of nursing practice or some other type of nursing degree.
VetGen is interested in collecting samples from families of dogs in which two or more are affected.
We are interested in collecting samples from a few affected dogs.
We are interested in collecting samples from families of dogs in which two or more are affected.
VetGen is interested in collecting samples from dogs that have had a low result on the vonWillebrand's factor assay test, or dogs that have had a history of bleeding thought to be due to vWD. To date vWD testing is available through VetGen for the Doberman Pinscher, Scottish Terrier, Poodle, Manchester Terrier, Shetland Sheepdog, Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Bernese Mountain Dog.
Please keep in mind that VetGen is currently collecting samples from these breeds. In the future and as research develops, we will expand the number of breeds in which we collect samples.